Machine for operating on shoe-soles.



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APPLIOATION FILED MAY4,'1910.

Patented June 25, 1912.

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MACHINE FOR OPERATING 0N SHOE SOLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1910.

Patented June 25, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1910.

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FREDERICK H. PERRY, 015 BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF EATER/SON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR OPERATING ON SHOE-SOLES.

Specification of Letters latent.

To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK H. PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beverly, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for- Operating on Shoe-Soles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to machines for operating upon the soles of shoes, and is intended primarily to improve the construction and mode of operation of that class of machines which is utilized for rounding, channeling, or rounding and channeling the sole of-a shoe after the outersole has been temporarily secured in position preparatory to permanently sewing or'otherwise securin it to the shoe.

achines of the above class as heretofore constructed have commonly been provided with pattern cams or other pat-tern mecha- 'nism for varying the relative position of the knives and work guide to determine the path along which the knives operate. In operating these machinesthe feed of the shoe is modified to a greater or less extent by the operator in manipulating the shoe, and the pattern mechanism is therefore liable to get out of time with the shoe. This becomes a serious matter in case the projection of the sole is to be varied about the toe as well as along the outer ball portion, or in case the projection of the sole is to be varied on both the inside and outside of the sole.

It is accordingly one object of the invention to provide novel and improved means for correcting the position of the pattern mechanism at suitable intervals during the operationof the machine in case the feed of the pattern mechanism is not in proper time with the feed of the shoe.

To this end one feature of the invention contemplates the provision in a machine provided with a pattern mechanism for determining the path along which the operating tool travels, of means for shifting the pattern mechanism to correct its position with relation to vthe shoe. ing the pattern mechanism may be constructed and arranged to shift the pat- .fed in opposite The means for shift tern mechanism in but one direction (71. 6;. either forward or back) in correcting its position, the speed of the pattern mechanism with relation to the feed of the shoe being regulated accordingly. It is preferred, however, to so construct the shifting means that it will operate to shift the pattern mechanism in either direction, since with such construction the, mechanism for actuating the pattern mechanism may be constructed to feed the attern mechanism in unison with the feed of the shoe, and the pattern mechanism may be brought into accurate time with the shoe in case the feed of the shoe is either accelerated or retarded by the operator. This construction of shifting means is also well adapted for use in connection with a pattern mechanism which is directions for right and left shoes.

Further features of the invention contemplate the provision of improved means for controlling the mechanism which feeds the pattern cam or other pattern mechanism in machines in which this cam or mechanism is fed in opposite directions in operating upon right and left shoes, whereby the feeding mechanism is automatically set or shifted to feed the pattern mechanism alternately in opposite directions the provision in a rounding and channeling machine of improved means for throwing the channel knife into and out of operation whereby the channel knife may be thrown either into or out of operation when the forepart guide is engaged with the shoe, or may be retained continuously in or out of working position; the provision in a channeling machine in which the sole guard is mounted to accommodate itself to the lateral curvature of the sole, of a channel knife which may be thrown into, and out of operation during the operation on the sole, whereby the channeling knife may be presented at all times in proper relation to the surface-0f the sole, and at t-he same time may be thrown into and out of operation to leave any desired part of the sole unchanneled; the provision of improved means for supporting a channeling knife against forward movement while it is in engagement with the work, whereby the de-- vices for retracting and projecting the knife Patented June 25, 1912.

positioning of the knife with relation to the I sole is secured; the provision of improved means for holding the sole support of a machine for operating on shoe soles against the sole of a shoe, whereby the sole support applies a uniform pressure to soles of varying of a part of the pawl controlling mechathickness; the provision of improved grading devices for gradually varying the path 5 along which the tool operates in passing from the shank to the forepart, or from the forepart to the shank on the outside of a shoe; and the provision of improved means for enabling the tool which operates upon f the sole of the shoe to operate nearer the inseam about the forepart than it does through f the shank.

In addition to the features above outlined,

'the invention includes certain further features and combinations which will be hereinafter referred to. and set forth in the claims, the advantages of which will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

' The various features of the invention will be readily understood from the-accompany ing drawings and the following detailed description-of the machine illustrated therein. In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevai tion of a rough rounding and channeling machine embodying the various features of the invention in their preferred forms; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the lower part of the machine base shown in Fig. '1; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the machine; Fig. 4 is a right'side elevation; Fig. 5 is a plan View; Fig. 6 is a front elevation, certain of the parts being removed or broken away to show certain parts which are not clearly illustrated in the other views; Fig. 7 is a sectional view on line'7'7, Fig. 4; Fig. 8 is a sectional view on line 88, Fig. 5; Fig. 9 is a sectional View on line 99, Fig. 5; Fig. 10 is a sectional view online 1010, Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a sectional View on line 1111,..

Fig. 5; Fig. 12 is a sectional view on line 12-12, Fig. 11; Fig. 13 is a detail plan view showing certain devices through which the operator throws the .forepart guide and other parts of the machine into and out of operation; Fig. 14 is a detail elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 13; Fig. 15 is a detail elevation showing the grading devices for controlling the crease guide in passing from the shank to the forepart; Fig. 15 is a sectional-view on line15 15 Fig. 15; Fig. 16 is a detail elevation showing the mechanism through which the pattern cams are operated and controlled; Fig. 16 shows detail views of certain parts shown in Fig.

' 16; Fig. 17 is a front elevation partly in 'thedevices shown in Fig. 17; Fig. 19 is a detail plan view showing the parts for 0pknife; Fig. 25 is a front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 24; Fig. 26 is a vertical sectional view through the parts shown in Figs. 24 and 25; Fig. 27 is a sectional view on line 2727, Fig. 28; Fig. 28 is a i plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 24; Fig. 28 is a sectional detail on lines 28*28 Fig. 28; Figs. 29 and 30 are details of certain parts shown in Figs. 24 and 25; Fig. 31 is a detail front elevation showing the devices for adjusting the forepart guide; E Fig. 32 is a side elevation partly in section E of the devices shown in-Fig. 31; Fig. 33 is a front elevation of the devices shown in Fig. I 31, with certain partsremoved; Fig. 34 is a detail plan view of the slide carrying the trimming knife; Fig. 35 is asectional view on line 3535, Fig. 34; and Fig. 36 is a front elevation of the devices shown in- Fig. 34.

ing of the sole, as the corresponding parts in the well-known Goodyear rough rounding and channeling machine, which is' shown and described in the patent to French and Meyer, No. 599,602, dated February 22, 1898.

The trimming knife 1 is secured in a knife carrying slide 8 which is mounted to reciprocate in a guideway formed in a removable bed plate 9 secured in the frame of the machine. The knife carrying slide also carries a blade or point 10 which operates to hold the shoe during the return movement of the sole support and channeling knife, the channeling knife acting to cut the channel during this return movement (Figs. 1, 8, and '34 to 36). The slide is reciprocated through devices shown in Figs. 3, 8, 9, 10, 34 and 35. The knife carrying slide ,is reciprocated through an oscillating yoke 11 provided with a horizontal arm 12 connected with the slide, and also provided with verti- The machine shown in the drawings is a the shoe' during the trimming and channel- 7 ing each revolution of the cam shaft.

cal trunnions 13 and 14 mounted in hearings in the frame of the machine. The end of the arm 12 carries a roll 15 which is engaged bybearing blocks 16 arranged be tween the transverse ribs 17 on the under side of the slide. A horizontal shaft 18 is journaled in the yoke 11, and an arm 19 is secured upon the shaft and is provided with a cylindrical part 20 which extends atright angles to the shaft. This cylindrical part of the arm fits within an inclined bearing formed in the end of the main cam shaft 21 of the machine (Figs. 9 and 10). Through these connections the yoke 11 is oscillated to reciprocate the knife carrying slide dur- The crease guide 2 which guides the shoe while operating upon the shank is in the form of a bell shaped piece adjustably secured to the front end of a skeleton arm 22 which is pivoted on the frame and held yieldingly in position by a spring 23 (Figs.

.1 and 4). The forepart guide 6 which is brought into position to engage the upper close to the crease 1n passing from the shank to the forepart, is 111 the form of an arm 24 a which is pivotally supported at 25 upon a vertically adjustable slide26 mounted in the front end of the arm 7 The lower end of the arm 24 is pressed yieldingly against the outer surface of the feed plate 5 or crease guide 2 by a spring pressed plunger 27 en- .gaging the upper end of the arm (Fig.32).

The upper end of the slide 26 is provided with a laterally extending arm 28 which carries an adjustable screw 29 arranged to engage a plate 30 on the upper end of the crease guide, when the forepart guide is brought into operation, so that the crease guide moves with the forepart guide during the operation around the forepart of the shoe. In order that the slide 26 may be conveniently adjusted Y to secure the desired-- projection of thesole around the forepart of the shoe, the devlces shown in detail in Figs.

' 31 to 33 are provided. As here shown, the

slide 26 is provided with a transverse groove 31 engaged by the square end of a crank pin 32 which is journaled in a crank disk 33.

The crank disk 33 is mounted in a circular plate 34 secured to the outer end of the arm 7. The operating and latch lever 35 is pivoted in a slot in the outer end of the disk 33, and the upper end of the lever is held in engagement with one of a series of notches36 by a spring 37 By pressing upon the lower end of'the lever 35 thelever may be disengaged from the notches 36,:1nd then the crank disk may be turned to secure the desired adjustment of the forepart guide, the latch lever being then engaged with one of the notches 36. When the forepart guide is adjusted, the screw 29, the lower end of which forms a shoulder for engaging the crease guide, is correspondingly adjusted, so

tour to that it will properly engage the crease guide as the forepart guide is brought against the shoe.

The arm 7 which carries the forepart guide extends forward from a yoke 38, the arms of which are secured to the opposite ends of a rock shaft 39 mounted in the frame of the machine (Figs. 5, 6, 8 and 11'). The arm is held in raised position by a spring 40. The yoke 38 and arm 7 are operated to move the forepart guide into and out of operation through a rock shaft 41, one end of which is provided with an arm 42 connected through a rod 43 with an operating treadle 44 (Figs. ,1 and 2). The rock shaft is connected with the yoke 38 through a link 45, one end of which is connected to the yoke, and the other end of which is connected to an arm 46 secured tothe rock shaft (Figs. 1, 7 and 11). )Vhen the forepart guide is thrown into operation in passing from the shank on to the forepart, the relative position of the guide and trimming knife is controlled to give the desired outline to the sole about the forepart of the shoe, by one of a series of cams 47 (Figs. 1, 3, 5 and 11). These cams are arranged to be engaged'by a roll 48 carried by an arm 49 which projects up from the yoke 38. The roll is mounted in a block 50 which may be by the arm 49, to bring the roll into position to engage any one of the cams 47 when the forepart guide is thrown into operation (Fig. 6). The pattern cams 47 are arranged side by side upon an arbor 51, and are held in proper relation to each other by keys 52 secured in the hubs of the cams, and so arranged that the key in one cam projects into the keyway in the adjacentcam, the key of the right-hand cam projecting into a slot in the flange 53 at the end of the arbor, and retaining the cams in proper position upon the arbor (Figs. 17 and 18). The righthand end of the arbor 51' is provided with a bearing fitting over the end of a shaft 54. A plate 55 is secured to a flange 56 nearthe end of the shaft, and is providedwith a lug 57 which engages the slot in the flange 53, and thus couples the cam carrying arbor to the shaft 54, so that motion is transmitted from the shaft to the cams. The opposite end of the arbor is supported in the end of a shaft 58 provided with a flange 59 which is coupled to the hub of the left-hand cam 47.

'95 adjusted laterally along a guide bar carried" that it may be moved longitudinlally to allow the removal and insertion of different arbors carrying cams of different shapes.

The cams 47 are intermittently advanced during the operation of the machine, and each cam is shaped to so vary the position of the forepart guide during the rounding operation as to give a predetermined conthe forepart of the shoe sole. In 

